nproc (1) implementation for mac os
To cover a small itch I had I created a nproc (1) for macos. To use it, just drop it from codeberg into your macos path,...
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There are three kind of numbers (a TLA+ post)
Watching this excellent session in C++ Now 25: Using TLA+ to Fix a Very Difficult glibc Bug by Malte Skarupke I discover...
Moved my github repos to Codeberg
It took more than expected due to other personnal commitments, but I finally moved all the Github repositories to Codebe...
Serving Markdown files in the web
As part of my plan to simplify my notes/webpages/code documentation I’m slowly moving to markdown, not only on cli...
Developing a go bot embedding ichiban Prolog (2)
As promised at the end of the previous post, let’s try to improve the code to reduce memory use, improve speed and...
Developing a go bot embedding ichiban Prolog
Ichiban Prolog is a #golang implementation of an ISO compatible Prolog. To learn how to embed it, I decided to add Prolo...
Better Software Manuals by Dana Sohr
On writing documentation and how this has become a lost art, Paolo Amororso’s toot brough to my attention a wonder...
The influence of programming paradigms on development techniques
I was reading an old paper recently A Requirements-Driven Software Development Methodology by Castro, Kolp and Mylopoulo...
Hiring a software engineer in their late 40s
I recently saw this toot in Mastodon and I had a good laugh with it. It’s trite, but many older workers in the sof...
Keep your code simple, Wirth style
On keeping your code simple (because you know you only write it once, but you maintain it for the rest of your life), th...
Grace Hopper did not create Cobol
Republishing something I wrote in lobste.rs some time back about the role of Grace Hopper in the creation of Cobol: Grac...
About me
Solving difficult problems in the startup, services and BPO world since the 90s: IT technical director, Solution Archite...
Blog Migration
It took longer than expected, but after some careful planning and making use of the great Oracle cloud free tier I moved...
iCloud problems with Mac OS (setting your mac serial number)
Everything started in 2013 with Nimble Quest, the worms-like game. While on the iOS I was getting the coins from my Guil...